On any given day, you'll likely scroll through dozens of webpages, and experience information overload. In the Internet age, it's a term that most people are all too familiar with, as daily emails, articles and websites bombard our screens. One deskt...

For the last year or so, Java seems to have spawned a never-ending flow of security bugs, partly because of the software environment's invisibility to end users and partly because of the system access it allows. In January alone, two different Java v...

If you own a computer, chances are this news affects you. According to an influential computer security developer, more than 1 billion computers with the Internet plugin Java are vulnerable to a security hole that would allow shifty-eyed hackers the ...

The next time an annoying commentator leaves a poorly-worded response on your blog, or tweets something offensive at you, don't get mad. Just use Font Bomb. Developer Philippe-Antoine Lehoux created the browser plug-in, which uses a combination of HT...

Facebook has announced two new features for its Comments Box plugin, which lets third party websites embed Facebook comments: Chronological Sort, and Boost Comment. Comments can now be sorted in three ways: besides the reverse chronological sort opti...

Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist and activist, has been set free on bail after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, Ai was arrested April 3 for evading "huge amounts" of taxes, according to Chinese state media. However, many were not satisfied by th...

Facebook released its updated Comments plugin today, which includes a robust set of new features. The social networking site also announced a set of publisher partners that will now integrate the plugin as their commenting platform of choice. The rob...

If you're concerned about using open Wi-Fi networks because of Firesheep, the highly popular new hacking tool, you should check out BlackSheep, a Firefox add-on that makes surfing on open networks safe once again. Firesheep came onto the scene not to...

WordPress is inherently fast, and that's why so many professional bloggers call it their choice platform. Like many new bloggers, I used to think that until I had enough traffic to make a difference, I'd worry about the bandwidth and site speed later...

You've clearly made an educated decision in choosing the Firefox browser, so why not make further decisions about how it looks? As you may know, Firefox can give you a totally personalized browser experience, with plenty of options to customize its l...

With more than 120 million blogs in existence, how do people find YOUR content on the Internet? The key starts with great search engine optimization (SEO), which is an art and a science that helps search engines discover your content and understand h...

This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services. At its core, blogging software is pretty basic. A blank text box that automatically posts content to a web page, maybe with a few bells an...

No matter which browser you prefer, there's a plethora of ways to customize the way you surf the Web. There are countless plugins, extensions, toolbars and more. Some of these are easy to install while others require a little more effort. We've put t...

StumbleUpon is a pretty unique site as far as social browsing sites go; no site with a similar concept (i.e. one click 'random' surfing through sites recommended by the community) has reached anywhere near its level of popularity. However, unlike - f...

After three months in private beta, SocialBrowse has formally launched their public beta along with some new features. It appears they made a concerted effort to listen to their beta testers and actually implemented many of the most requested feature...

Visual browsing of webpages and media is an increasingly attractive prospect for Internet users. Names like Viewzi, Searchme come to mind, as do inventions like Tag Galaxy and even MSNBC’s Spectra RSS news reader. This weekend, one market player, Pic...

Glubble is a developer of a parental control plugin for Firefox, which aids adults in the ability to watch over their kids internet usage. In their approach is something similar to the Kidzui method, where they create a whitelist of kid-friendly site...

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